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Genesis 35:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
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Role in This Section
Isaac's life totals 180 years. This age notice prepares the death report in verse 29 and contributes to the book's chronology, but it does not by itself explain when the death occurred relative to Joseph's story.
Read It With
- Genesis 35:23–29
Read verses 27–29, then compare Genesis 37:2; 41:46, 53–54; and 47:9. Verse 29 supplies the death and burial, while the later age notices show that the notice is placed for literary closure rather than simple event order.
Why It Needs Context
This isolated age total is incomplete without Isaac's death notice and Genesis's wider chronology. It does not create a promise of longevity for faithful readers.
Read Genesis 35:27–29 together
Why these verses belong together: Jacob's arrival to Isaac supplies the setting for Isaac's age, death, and burial by Esau and Jacob.
Verse 27. 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
Verse 28. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
Verse 29. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 35:23–29 — Jacob's Sons Are Listed and Isaac DiesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, family list, maternal grouping, Paddan-aram summary, ancestral location, Isaac's age and death, burial by both sons, firstborn consequence, later burial location, and canonical chronology.
Exact location: Genesis 35:23–29 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 27:1–4; 29:31–30:24; 35:16–22; 36:1–8; 37:2, 28; 41:46, 53–54; 47:9; 49:3–4, 31; and 1 Chronicles 5:1–2
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew list structure, social labels, Paddan-aram wording, travel syntax, age formula, death idioms, and burial action.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 35:23–29; forms and syntax for sons, firstborn, maidservant, born, Paddan-aram, came, sojourned, years, expired, gathered to his people, old, full of days, and buried
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